Movement By Myself (Part 2)

Not only do we live in a culture of people that think they don't need anyone else, we also live in a culture that thinks they don't need God. 

But God made us reliant on each other (Romans 12:4-5). 

Moreover, He made us reliant on Him (Jeremiah 17:5-8). 

The minute we think we can do it all on our own, we have stepped in to pride, and ultimately sin (1 John 2:16). 

It was the same mentality that Adam and Eve fell into in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 3:4-7) and it continues to plague us today.

Don't let the ills of today's culture affect your thinking and behavior. You absolutely positively cannot afford to live in isolation from God. It's something we all have to die to daily but is absolutely essential to our well-being and calling.

God bless,

J.W.

Each According To His Ability (Part 7)

As we close out this series, I just want to encourage you to not live in isolation (Hebrews 10:25). You were not meant to do everything yourself. Find what you are good at and partner with others who have complementary gifts.

God gives each of us according to our ability (Matthew 25:15). But it's always His will for us to use what He's given us to its fullest potential (John 10:10). That can only happen in community. We were made to be one of a larger whole (Romans 12:4-5).

Find who complements you and live life to the fullest!

Have a great rest of your week!

God bless,
J.W.

Series Recap - Each According to His Ability

• Part 1: Operate In Your Function
• Part 2: Be Content With Where You Are
• Part 3: Manage The Small Stuff Well
• Part 4: The Power To Produce Wealth
• Part 5: Avoid Comparisons With Others
• Part 6: Do Not Live In Isolation

Each According to His Ability (Part 1)

This culture we live in seems to be obsessed with two things - popularity and fame. Kids grow up wanting to be like celebrities. Adults idolize and admire the same.

But the Bible says that God has plans for our lives (Jeremiah 29:11) - specific, distinct, and individualized plans. Matthew 25:15 says that he gives us talents, "each according to his ability." Romans 12:6 says we're each given different gifts, "according to the grace given to each of us." Romans 12:4-5 says that although we are one body, we all have different functions.

Part of the problem with our culture nowadays is that we have too many "eyes" trying to be "ears." And too many "feet" trying to be "hands."

God has given you gifts, no matter how small, because you have a special function He wants you to play. Your gifts have been given to you for a reason. But that reason will never come to pass if you're trying to exercise someone else's gift.

Are you operating in your function today?

God bless,
J.W.

The Assignment Bureau (Part 4)

Too often, as Christians, we get caught up in ritual and tradition. What worked for one generation, one group, or one person often becomes the standard by which we judge what is of God and what is not.

But God assigns to each of us a unique calling – meaning, everyone may not understand that which God has assigned you to do.

"For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body . . . We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us." - Romans 12:4-6

Don’t let others talk you out of your assignment just because they may not understand it. At the end of the day, it’s not for them to understand. If it was, God would have given it to them. But He didn’t. He gave it to the person to which it was assigned.

God bless,

J.W.

We're All One

"Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others." ~ Romans 12:4-5

Remember the movie "Crash."

Everything that happened was connected with something else.

Everyone was connected to the other characters in one way or another.

That's how it is in the Kingdom of God.

Yes, we're all different, but we're part of ONE body.

Christ's.

God bless,
J.W.